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At around 9:30 a.m. on April 28, 2026, an adult black bear was seen in Sakanobe Shinden, Sakata City, and it reportedly ran south toward farmland. That same stretch of Sakata has also seen another bear in Hamanaka on April 16 and April 15, so this corner of the area has been active in recent days.

Across the wider Tsuruoka and Sakata area, the most frequent reports keep clustering around farmland, roads, and the edges of settled ground, with Tsuruoka's Haguromachi Temuka, Tozawa, and Kurokawa Nakamura all appearing in the recent record. Activity was heaviest in October 2025 with 304 reports and stayed elevated through November 2025 with 107, while winter was quieter but still active, and this area has now recorded 1,516 black bear sightings overall.